KALISPELL (AP) — The National Park Service says more than 3.3 million people visited Glacier National Park in Montana last year, making it the busiest in the park's 108-year history.

The Flathead Beacon reports Glacier saw a 10 percent increase in visitation last year — from 3,005,448 in 2016 to 3,305,513 in 2017.

The record is remarkable considering large sections of the park were closed in August and September because of a fire east of Lake McDonald. Lodges and shops shuttered early, and the popular Going-to-the-Sun Road was closed for weeks on the west side.

Park officials thought the National Park Service centennial buoyed much of the visitation in 2016, but 2017 proved that Glacier's popularity has not subsided.

A tourist snaps a photograph of a mountain goat crossing the trail to Hidden Lake near Logan Pass in Glacier National Park.
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A tourist snaps a photograph of a mountain goat crossing over the trail to Hidden Lake near Logan Pass in Glacier National Park on Aug. 11, 2010. The park has recorded 8 percent more visitors this year compared to the same time period in 2009.(AP Photo/The Daily Inter Lake, Nate Chute)
Nate Chute

One of the most photographed features in Glacier National Park is Wild Goose Island in Saint Mary Lake on the eastside of the park off of Going-to-the Sun Road. TRIBUNE PHOTO/LARRY BECKNER
Larry Beckner